I wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
AUDRE LORDEThere are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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Your silence will not protect you.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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